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FIGHTING FOR HEARTS AND SSOULS OU O ULS

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IT’S QUESTION TIME FOR JULIE IN TV’S ‘LEAVING’

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Julie (Helen McCrory) and Aaron (Callum Turner) have become close

writes CLAIRE BRINE

S U O R E G N DA LIAISON

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IS the secret out? Life for hotel staff member Julie is about to get even more complicated in Leaving, the three-part drama which continues on Tuesday (18 September) on ITV1. In the first episode, Julie (Helen McCrory) met graduate Aaron (Callum Turner), who was a guest at the hotel. They had a brief chat. Days later, the Turn to page 3

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CHURCH POSTER DESIGN REVEALED

Ads play with doll image for Christmas

A BROWN-EYED boy doll representing the baby Jesus is to appear under the heading Godbaby on posters during the Christmas period. The advert has been designed by ChurchAds.net to encourage people to think about the meaning of Christmas. It follows other posters by the church group in carrying the message ‘Christmas starts with Christ’ and providing a web address where people can find out more about Jesus and church services. The poster plays with the language of doll adverts to offer the Godbaby with the tagline: ‘He cries. He wees. He saves the world.’ It adds that the baby is ‘not available in shops’. ChurchAds.net plans to place the adverts at bus stops and in newspapers. ChurchAds.net trustee Mike Elms says the image presents the message that ‘Christ, fully divine and fully human, came to us for our salvation’. The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Rev Nick Baines, says the image will ‘surprise some and disturb others, which is exactly what the real Jesus did’. Previous posters by ChurchAds.net have presented a scan of Jesus in the womb and a nativity scene in which figures dressed in designer outfits brought the baby Jesus luxury gifts.

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News Cases go to Europe FOUR Christians have taken their employmentrelated cases to the European Court of Human Rights. Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin were told by their employers that they could not visibly wear crosses. Registrar Lillian Ladele was disciplined when she asked to be exempted from officiating at civil partnership ceremonies, and Gary McFarlane, who provided counselling services to opposite-sex and same-sex couples, lost his job because he declined to commit himself to providing psychosexual therapy to same-sex couples. Last year, the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission stated that in their rulings against Eweida and Chaplin, the courts may have interpreted the law too narrowly, but that they had ruled correctly in the cases of Ladele and McFarlane.

Game for Paralympics CHURCHES in Aylesbury held festivals for the community during the Paralympic Games, including an event at Stoke Mandeville Stadium to coincide with the opening ceremony. The forerunner of the Paralympic Games took place at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1948. Visitors to the festivals at the stadium and at Vale Park, Aylesbury, enjoyed food, ChurchAds.net games and chances to try out some Paralympic sports. Big screens showed the Paralympics. for harvest, followed others in the Among those past few months. supporting the In July, sustained rain and hail events were a caused ﬂoods which destroyed Salvation Army crops, killed farm animals and mission team from damaged thousands of homes. Australia.

ASSISTANCE IN GEORGIA FLOODS THE Salvation Army in Q Georgia has provided blankets and pillows to people who were forced from their homes by ﬂoods. The most recent ﬂoods, which arrived as farmers were preparing

Will ﬂat-pack pool make a splash?

A FLAT-PACK baptism pool will be among the items to go on display at Christian Resources Exhibition North next month. The pool has been designed as a portable and less expensive alternative to a permanent baptistery. Christian Resources Exhibition North is scheduled to take place at Event City, Manchester, on 10 and 11 October. YOUR prayers are requested for Doreen, whose eyesight is worsening; for Robert, who has a lung disease; for Richard, who is a carer; and for Patricia, who is very ill after a stroke.

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From page 1 pair met again when Aaron started working at the hotel as part of Julie’s events and catering team. As time went on, they became friends. They flirted with one another. Then one day Aaron kissed Julie. As a married mother of two, she became confused about her feelings towards her much younger admirer. In next Tuesday’s episode, they begin an affair. They spend time together in and out of work. At first, the relationship is a big secret. But then Julie’s friend Angela finds out. She is shocked. Julie tells Angela that she knows she is doing wrong. She realises that her behaviour is unfair on her family. But the excitement of the relationship makes her feel alive again. And she finds it hard to resist Aaron. The more time the couple spend together, the more chance there is of getting caught. Julie doesn’t want to risk losing her family, but will she stop the affair before it’s too late? Weighing up her options, she tells Angela how she feels about Aaron. ‘Being around him, him being around me – it’s hard to say no,’ she confesses. ‘I don’t want to say no.’ We don’t have to spend too long checking out the world before we see that people find it hard to say no when they should. Especially when the wrong

When we feel tempted, we need to know there is a way out thing seems more desirable than the right thing. We may even recognise the struggle to resist making the wrong choice in our own lives. We face temptation every day. We ask ourselves: Should we buy this? Should we say that? Should we go there? We may know full well that the things tempting us are not good for us, but sometimes we want them anyway. When we feel tempted to act in a

way which could hurt us or others, we need to know there is a way out. We can choose to take a different path. And we can start by talking to someone who understands how we are feeling. When we tell Jesus our problems, he listens. But more than that, he offers us his help. The Bible says: ‘Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!’ (Hebrews 4:15 Contemporary English Version). Jesus knows what it’s like to struggle with right and wrong. So when we turn to him with our problems, he cares. And he promises to help us stay in control. The way Jesus lived shows us that whatever happens, we don’t have to give in to temptation. When we ask him to guide us, a different kind of life is ours for the taking. And when we look at the times we have made the wrong choices, his forgiveness is ours for the taking – because he cares for us. Whatever our past looks like, we can turn to Jesus. When we do, he will always give us a warm m reception.

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Left: Julie goes to meet Aaron in secret Above: the pair on duty at work

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O make money to buy drugs, Penny sold sex on the streets. But her life changed after she encountered some women who were giving out goody bags. Penny’s life was difficult even when she was a child. ‘I went into care when I was 11 years old,’ she says. ‘My family was dysfunctional. My stepdad sexually and physically abused me from the age of four. ‘But my foster mum was lovely. I lived in a nice, safe home, and I was cared for.’ At the age of 16, Penny took the chance to go back to her mother. But the reunion did not last long and she ended up on her own. Social services gave Penny money to put down a deposit on a room. She worked in two jobs. But then life changed. ‘One of the girls in my flat took drugs, and that was my introduction to them. ‘Within a few months, I was kicked out of my flat and lost both my jobs. Things got out of control.’

PENNY tells Renée Davis how an encounter with a Christian women’s project helped her to step away from sex work and drugs

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I learnt that I had the choice of what to do with my life and that God did care about me

At first, Penny smoked cannabis, but she went on to harder drugs such as acid and ecstasy. Penny met a man who became her partner. He was also a drug user. At the age of 21, she became pregnant. ‘I knew I had to stop taking drugs,’ she says. I stopped everything apart from cannabis, which I didn’t see as a drug. ‘After she was born, my daughter was ill for six weeks. She didn’t sleep, and it was really stressful. I just didn’t know what I was doing. Someone came round with a bit of heroin. I took it.’ Penny and her partner began taking crack cocaine. All the while she tried to live normally. ‘I was keeping house, taking my daughter to school and looking after my partner, but as my drug use got harder, so did life,’ she explains. She began to deal drugs. Her home became a crack house. One year, as Christmas drew near, Penny’s benefits were stopped.

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nstead of going to the dole office and screaming, I picked up a couple of condoms and walked out my front door. The fear of going cold turkey and the thought that my daughter wouldn’t have anything to eat for Christmas – let alone get a present – was enough for me to start working on the streets,’ she says. As Penny’s drug abuse got worse, so did her family life. Eventually, her daughter was

taken away from her. Penny lost her flat. She lived in garages. She ate food from the bins at the back of supermarkets. She continued working the streets to feed her habit. ‘I would get a customer, make £20, phone a dealer and buy drugs. I did this all night and day. Quite often I would go days without eating or sleeping.’ As a sex worker, Penny would see up to 30 men a night. Sometimes she was raped. On many occasions she was badly beaten and almost killed. She also contracted hepatitis C. ‘I was physically, emotionally and spiritually broken,’ she says. ‘I knew things had to change.’ One night, Penny bumped into members of Women on the Frontline Ministries, a Christian project which works with women in prostitution and the sex industry. They were giving out goody bags containing toiletries, chocolates and a daily prayer book. ‘I chased them down the street, saying: “Where’s mine?” ‘Women on the Frontline Ministries offer a drop-in service where you can go for a shower, something to eat and food vouchers. I went for the voucher. ‘I got to know Sophia, who founded the ministry, and she spoke to me about God. I thought he’d be angry with me. I felt as though he’d abandoned me years ago. But I then learnt about free will, that I had the choice of what to do with my life. I learnt that God did care about me. I decided to give my life to him.’ Sophia gave Penny a Bible, and she started reading it. It helped her understand more about God’s love. Penny spent three months in rehab. At the end of it, she was given funding for aftercare and a new place to stay. Penny continued to attend meetings with other people who were trying to overcome addictions. She also found a church where she could develop her faith. No longer with her partner, Penny is rebuilding her life by doing voluntary work and studying for a diploma in health and social care. She also bakes cakes as a hobby and would like to set up a stall selling them. Having once felt as if she had no hope, Penny is now full of passion. She even has hopes of being reunited with her daughter. She draws strength from her faith. ‘I know God cares for me,’ she says, ‘and he helps me through.’ O Penny’s name has been changed

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Comment

Rights angles THE European Court of Human Rights has held a hearing on the cases of four Christians who have complained that UK law failed to protect their right to freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination at work. Two cases centred on the employees’ wish to wear crosses visibly, the other two on employees’ reservations about carrying out aspects of their jobs for same-sex couples.

Sermon considers Bible ﬁgures and mental health A SERMON urging people to consider the fact that some of Jesus’ contemporaries believed he had mental health problems has been produced by the Church of England to challenge the stigma of mental illness, reported the Daily Express on its website. The article quoted some of the sermon, which says: ‘Many of the people we read about in Bible stories might today be considered as having mental health

issues. For example, would Jesus’ family maybe on occasion have said: “Cousin John is a bit odd” … when John the Baptist took to his eccentric style of life?’ The sermon also asks listeners to consider that some of his family were worried that Jesus had ‘lost his mind’. The sermon – created by the Rev Eva McIntyre on behalf of the Archbishops’ Council and the Time to Change mental health campaign – said: ‘Some may find these suggestions THE Salvation Army disturbing or offenhas produced a DVD sive even. Perhaps documenting the life of its we need to ask why founder, William Booth, to it would be so terrible mark the centenary of his to think that some of death. our most inspirational William Booth: A Passion forebears might have for the Poor, presented by experienced mental former Sky newsreader Sue illness. Do we misRadford, focuses on his takenly believe that childhood in Nottingham and his move to God cannot or will London, where his ambition to ‘serve suffering not work through humanity’ led him to start The Salvation Army. It people with mental includes unseen ﬁlm footage from the 1900s and a health illness?’ selection of digitally enhanced historic photographs.

For more information visit apassionforthepoor.com

Gayna and her rector husband Noel

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Supporters of the applicants and of the previous rulings against them are looking for the potential implications of any European ruling. Speaking on BBC Radio, the former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael NazirAli, said that recent British court rulings had not taken into account the idea of ‘reasonable accommodation’ of conscience. The National Secular Society, however, said in its submission to the European court that a ruling in favour of the applicants would result in ‘a hierarchy’ in which religious conscience would have greater protection than nonreligious conscience. Last year, the human rights campaigner Clemens Nathan – who worked with René Cassin, co-writer of the UN Declaration of Human Rights – told The War Cry that ‘religion and human rights are in a tango together. Sometimes they dance harmoniously together and other times one pushes the other’. Human rights are always at stake, but they are not a matter only for law. Over the past 2,000 years, many followers of Jesus have worked – through and apart from legal systems – to ensure that other people are given the rights they deserve. Clemens Nathan spoke of how the Church had been instrumental in providing welfare for poor people and education. ‘That is human rights,’ he said. To those examples might be added the kind of work, featured in this issue of The War Cry, that The Salvation Army in Swindon is carrying out among homeless people, giving them the chance to take part in a social enterprise – and providing them with reasonable accommodation.

Media

From rectory to comedy ITV NEWS reported on a rector’s wife who is following a lifelong ambition to become a stand-up comedian. Gayna Cooper described her comedy as cheeky and able to be enjoyed by all the family. Her husband Noel, the rector at St John the Baptist Church in Bedford, is supportive of her gigs at local pubs. Gayna told the Anglia regional news service about her type of comedy: ‘It’s a great chance to break stereotypes about age – I’m a pensioner – and Christianity. God does have a sense of humour.’

Who would have thought? RADIO programmemakers are searching for a Pause for Thought presenter. Radio 2 launched a competition – in association with the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the Cambridge Coexist Programme and TBI Media – to find a person of faith who is suitable to present

five Pause for Thought broadcasts on Vanessa Feltz’s morning show. Entrants had to submit an audio file and a written transcript to be considered for the prize. The live final of the competition will take place on Sunday 7 October at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

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Lifestyle

Books still have a licence to thrill JAMES BOND and Elizabeth Bennet are the ﬁctional characters that Britons would most like to be. Ian Fleming’s spy and the heroine of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice topped the list of characters chosen by a poll of more than 2,000 people. The research, carried out by vision correction company Ultralase, also found out that the average UK resident spends seven hours and 54 minutes immersed in a book each week. Over half of the nation will read every day for at least an hour. Seven out of ten people still prefer the feeling of a paper book to an e-reader. According to the research, the most popular reasons for reading are escaping everyday stresses and broadening knowledge. Back in June, the national joy of reading prompted Ultralase to launch the Great Book Migration, with the support of Olympic athlete Jonathan Edwards. The initiative is tracking 100 books on their travels across the UK. The titles, varying from classic horrors such as Dracula to modern romances such as One Day, were to be found in public places with ‘Read me’ labels attached to their covers.

Jonathan Edwards promotes the Great Book Migration

Many parents are not conversant with chat ACCORDING to research, over half of UK parents of primary school children do not know the difference between online safe chat (a preselected list of messages or monitored chat) and free chat (where children are able to express themselves freely). Dads were found to be more clued up than mums about what the two forms of online chat were: 58 per cent of dads knew the difference, compared with only 42 per cent of mums. The research was commissioned by Petra’s Planet, a safe virtual world in which children can learn about countries and cultures while socialising and having fun. Tomi Heinonen, CEO of the company behind Petra’s Planet, says: ‘It is a concern that over 50 per cent of parents with children aged 6 to 11 don’t understand the

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difference between safe and free chat. If children are on a virtual world that allows free chat, they could be communicating freely with people they don’t know and who aren’t always who they say they are. Children are so savvy with their computer skills that they often find a way around the monitored chat.’ He continued: ‘It’s crucial that parents understand this fundamental difference and can guide their children accordingly. Petra’s Planet is aimed at 6 to 11-year-olds, and in order to guarantee children’s safety, the virtual world only has safe chat in the form of chat trees, which uses a predefined list of greetings, questions, expressions and statements. ‘This makes it 100 per cent safe, and it also complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.’

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Homelessness centre’s sandwich-making enterprise spreads hope reports PHILIP HALCROW

T half-past seven in the morning in the kitchen, knives are spreading and slicing. Scissors are cutting. Orders are being checked and the fridge is ﬁlling up with ploughman’s, coronation chicken, free range egg and cress, ress, and brie and grape. It’s frenetic. But the he Sandwich People can stand the heat eat – which is why they are in the kitchen. chen.

Sandwiches are prepared in the early-morning kitchen

They are preparing thee daily bread that will be delivered to employees in workplaces across thee town. They are a successful enterprise. ise. They are residents of Booth House, e, a Salvation Army Lifehouse for homeless eless people in Swindon. ‘We are geared towards wards getting people back into independent endent living and back into work,’ says Booth House centre manager Brian Gibbs. bbs. ‘We want to provide people who have become homeless with the opportunity tunity to learn new skills or to relearn the skills they used in the past. ‘When I came here in 2008, there was already the intention ntention to run a social enterprise. A num-

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ber of ideas were floated, and the residents were keen on the idea of the Sandwich People. Liz has developed the idea, and it has become a great success.’ Liz Osborne, Booth House business projects co-ordinator, recalls how she walked round Swindon to identify a market for the new enterprise. Larger companies already had their own arrangements, so she began offering the sandwich-making service to smaller businesses. The kitchen at the centre was refitted, and the environmental health service helped the staff – who lend a hand in the kitchen – and residents to learn about food safety. When he can take a break from the early-morning hubbub, supervisor Sean describes how he became a resident at Booth House – and one of the Sandwich People. ‘The business was already established when I moved into the centre. I’ve always worked, ex eexcept xceept the the year year ear before I came here. And shift nd I wa was onn shi was hift ft

I thought I’d take advantage of the opportunity to be part of the business work, so I always got up early. ‘I wanted to be busy and keep myself in a routine so I thought I’d take advantage of the opportunity to be part of the business. Plus it would look good on my CV. So one day I asked if I could work with the Sandwich People. I started doing four days a week for four hours. They saw my potential and asked me to become a supervisor. ‘Before I came to Booth House I was a team leader, but I’d never worked with food. I was in a warehouse for truck parts. Then I was made redundant. I went from taking home £1,600 a month to just £38 a week of benefits. So my lifestyle changed totally. I got a b t depressed, bi d pr de p esseed,, wass drinking d inki dr king ng g a bbit i ttoo it o oo bit much much mu c – not nott

heavily, because I couldn’t afford it. I didn’t have the money to stay where I was living. I ended up sofa surfing and then came here.’ Like other residents, Sean started in the centre’s emergency accommodation before moving into one of the main resettlement rooms. ‘It’s quite comfortable,’ he says. ‘It has an en suite shower and single bed. There is a kind of

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Centre manager Brian and supervisor Sean PHILIP HALCROW

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mini-shared house on each floor – a kitchen with double cookers and a TV and sofa. Very nice.’ But he explains how he is hoping to move out of Booth House and into a property in the Railway Village, which Brunel built for GWR workers in the 19th century. He says he should soon find out whether he has been successful in his bid for a property. Sean has tried to use his time at Booth House well. He has taken courses and gained qualifications. His experience with the Sandwich People has given him a taste for food work. ‘It sounds easy making a sandwich, but there is an art to it. And you have to train people up, especially in food hygiene. In the Sandwich People, everyone has the chance to do NVQ Level 2 in customer services, which I did, and I also took a Level 3 qualification in food safety, which is the management and supervisor level. When I leave Booth House, I’m looking to go into that environment. It’s not hugely paid, but I get quite a lot of job satisfaction out of it. ‘We have a good day in the Sandwich People. We feel we’ve accomplished something. We feel good that we’ve grate with people. I was a young carer, looking after my dad, so I didn’t get to done our bit for the day.’ Zoe goes out on one of the delivery socialise much. I’d just never been able to make or keep friends. After being rounds three times a week. She says she is trying to rebuild isolated, this place has helped me talk her life after leaving prison, and the to new people and get over my fears. ‘I have also gained qualifications – Sandwich People and Booth House are I’ve just completed NVQ Level 2 for assisting her. ‘Being here has helped me to inte- customer services, which has helped

Ron and Albert and (inset) Zoe make deliveries

me learn more about how to talk to customers and deal with orders. ‘Working with the Sandwich People has also helped me with my maths, because I struggled with counting. ‘I’m hoping that all my skills help me to get a decent job. I’m looking at working on checkouts to begin with and then moving towards computer or reception work.’ Liz takes two other Sandwich People with her, Albert and Ron, to deliver buffet lunches. As she drives, she explains how sandwich sales among businesses have declined in the tough economic times, so the Sandwich People have begun to provide these buffets as well. Back at Booth House, reflecting on the growth of the enterprise, Liz says that ‘God has been in this from the start’. ‘It seemed an impossible task. I had no experience in setting up a business or catering. We had a resident who’d worked at a bakery chain, and she gave us tips. Another resident had done catering at college. We used whatever expertise we could find, and there was a lot of prayer.’ Liz sees that there is a Christian flavour to the way the Sandwich People enterprise is run. ‘We work with clients and try to give them as much responsibility as we can. There are challenges,

This place has helped me talk to new people

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We all need to feel that we have something to offer of course. Some people have a chaotic lifestyle and very limited experience of working, and they need to establish a routine. ‘When you value someone in a work environment, it can have a powerful effect, because we all need to feel that we have something to offer. A lot of people have failed at things and can get to a point of self-sabotage. ‘Sometimes a resident does let their colleagues down. When that happens, we don’t give up on them. Instead we say: “OK, they have messed up. How are they going to put that right?” ‘That is how we are all treated by God. He sees the good in us. We know about all the times we mess up, but he works with what we’ve got and gives us another chance and another and another. ‘We give people as many chances as it takes to get them to a point where, even if they leave because they aren’t ready to make changes in their lives, they have had the experience of being valued. It may be ten years before they start making changes, but at least they have known what it is to be valued and accepted.’ Liz sees the benefit of ‘meaningful activity’. People – whether homeless or not – who are made redundant can lose confidence and social skills quite quickly, particularly if they do not have ‘the safety net of family and friends’, she says. ‘What gets someone out of bed in the morning? There are mornings when you don’t want to get up, but you do because you know that someone is relying on you or you have something that needs to be done. It is vital for us all to feel that we can offer something of value. ‘One team member who worked with the Sandwich People early on was in his mid-fifties and a recovering alcoholic. He had been on many programmes and projects but enjoyed coming into the kitchen here because it was “real”. He said: “It matters if I don’t get this bread buttered.” ‘Also we have had volunteers from a local business helping out on a Friday morning. A resident will be showing

Preparing food for the sandwich enterprise developed by Liz (inset) an IT consultant how to make a sandwich or a salad. So how good does that make them feel! ‘Some of the Sandwich People have gone into catering, but it’s not necessarily the only route to take. Being one of the Sandwich People is about getting into the work routine and gaining confidence.’ It’s not just a case of jam tomorrow.

Residents do move on to new accommodation and work. A couple of months after he took time out of the kitchen to talk to me about his hopes, Sean is still one of those hard at work in the kitchen – but now he is there as a volunteer. He is getting closer to gaining work experience. He has already moved into his own property.

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9 Solution on page 15

Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally on the grid to find these sandwich fillings AVOCADO BACON BANANA BEEF

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Stone worker (5) 5. Small piece of ground (5) 8. Lounger (5) 9. Blockhead (5) 10. The same (5) 11. Punitive (5) 12. Footwear (4) 15. Serve (6) 17. Raw (5) 18. Preserve dead body (6) 20. Breeze (4) 25. Cereal (5) 26. Pulsate (5) 27. Cancel (5) 28. Praise (5) 29. Restaurant car (5) 30. Abode of the dead (5)

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HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number

DOWN 1. Type of membrane (6) 2. Artist’s workplace (6) 3. Chilly (5) 4. Lean (5) 5. Church dignitary (7) 6. Wig (6) 7. Bisected (6) 13. Garment border (3) 14. Limb (3) 15. Fuss (3) 16. Religious sister (3) 17. Mountaineer (7) 18. Delighted (6) 19. Sterile (6) 21. Pressed (6) 22. Bores (6) 23. Essential (5) 24. Demise (5)

1. Roundabout route taken to avoid something 2. Surface which reﬂects a clear image 3. Short journey made to deliver or collect something 4. Items to be discussed at a meeting 5. Arithmetical value 6. Person living in solitude

QUICK QUIZ 1. What is a cyberphobe afraid of? 2. Which Disney film includes the song ‘Be Our Guest’? 3. In which English county is Helmingham Hall? 4. Which author’s first names were John Ronald Reuel? 5. Which supermarket uses the slogan ‘Every little helps’? 6. From which flower are vanilla pods obtained?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Mason. 5 Patch. 8 Idler. 9 Chump. 10 Equal. 11 Penal. 12 Shoe. 15 Attend. 17 Crude. 18 Embalm. 20 Wind. 25 Maize. 26 Throb. 27 Annul. 28 Exalt. 29 Diner. 30 Hades. DOWN: 1 Mucous. 2 Studio. 3 Nippy. 4 Slant. 5 Prelate. 6 Toupee. 7 Halved. 13 Hem. 14 Arm. 15 Ado. 16 Nun. 17 Climber. 18 Elated. 19 Barren. 21 Ironed. 22 Drills. 23 Vital. 24 Death. QUICK QUIZ 1 Computer technology. 2 Beauty and the Beast. 3 Suffolk. 4 J. R. R. Tolkien. 5 Tesco. 6 Orchid. HONEYCOMB 1 Detour. 2 Mirror. 3 Errand. 4 Agenda. 5 Number. 6 Hermit.

Inner life THE university student had been standing in the post ofﬁce queue for more than 15 minutes. The parcel he was holding seemed to grow heavier with every passing moment. He should have been more organised, he told himself, then he could have avoided this problem. Once the student reached the counter, he told the assistant that he had just realised it was his mother’s birthday tomorrow, and he wanted to make sure her

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But deliver us from evil Our Fath Hallowe er, which art in d Heaven, Thy Kin be thy name, g Thy will dom come, Give us be done, in earth th And forg is day our daily as it is in Heave n. As we fo ive us our trespa bread; rgive the s s e s , And lead m that tr But deliv us not into temp espass against u s; For thin er us from evil. tation, e is the K glory, ingdom, the powe For ever r, and th a e n d ever. Amen.

HANDS TOGETHER, EYES CLOSED ANDREW STONE looks at the Lord’s Prayer

present got to her on time. ‘You can send it by special delivery,’ said the woman behind the counter. ‘The parcel is guaranteed to get there by 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.’ The next day, his mum rang to say thank you for the lovely gift. Phew! In a way, we ask God for a ‘special delivery’ from our problems when we pray for him to ‘deliver us from evil’. We may not often feel confronted by a speciﬁc evil, but there are occasions when we face troubles which spoil our lives. God wants to help us through those bad situations. He wants to deliver us from our difﬁculties and guide us into a better life. King David, who ruled Israel some 3,000 years ago, faced many challenging circumstances, including times when people were trying to kill him. He relied on God, saying: ‘He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer’ (Psalm 144:2 New International Version). We too can experience God’s love and help. All we need to do is believe in him and live our lives his way. It will not mean that we never face any tough situations, but it will mean that God will show us how to deal with them and move on – his own special delivery for each of us.

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A COLLEAGUE recently took on a part-time job. He told me he was a DFI. ‘What does that mean?’ I asked. ‘Director of ﬁrst impressions,’ he said. The company he worked for realised that a warm greeting makes a good ﬁrst impression, so his job was to sit behind a desk and welcome people as they entered the building. Many businesses know the importance of having the right person working on reception. But, although

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I rather like the idea of the job of a DFI, it could pose problems. Supposing the DFI doesn’t get things right the ﬁrst time someone meets them? What if they are having a bad day and perform below par? What if they aren’t looking their most attractive? We never get a second chance to make a ﬁrst

impression. Once we have said or done something, we can’t rewind and start again. And that can be a daunting prospect – especially if people judge us. We can be thankful that when God looks at us, he knows we make mistakes and that we don’t always behave at our best when dealing with people. But because God loves us, he accepts us as we are. And he is willing to give us second, third and fourth chances to get things right. In the Bible God’s Son, Jesus, simply says: ‘Come to me’ (Matthew 11:28 New International Version). That means everyone. That means coming with our good bits and bad bits, trusting that we will still receive a warm welcome. First impressions may be important in this world, but God sees beyond them. He looks at the bigger picture of who we are – ﬂaws and all – and loves us anyway.

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I’M Michael Darracott; I have been an executive chef in several large establishments in charge of cooking for 200-plus people. I have also written a number of books. It gives me great pleasure to offer my recipes in The War Cry. I invite readers to send in recipe ideas, to be considered for publication here. I would also like to offer help with any cooking-related problems you have. So send in your question and, if it is selected, an answer will be published on this page. Email your recipes and questions to chefmike56@chefmikedarracott.com

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Rhubarb and apple crumble Ingredients: 2 Granny Smith apples, washed, cored, peeled and cut into bitesized pieces 320g fresh rhubarb, washed and chopped For the topping 2tbsp caster sugar 1tsp cinnamon 40g plain ﬂour 60g softened butter

Ingredients: 30g butter 450g pork loin, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 onion, diced 450ml veal stock 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced 125g fresh or canned peas 1 large mushroom, washed, peeled and sliced 200ml whipping cream Salt and pepper

Method: Melt the butter in a large frying pan, then add the pork and cook over a medium heat until golden brown. This should take about 8 minutes. Remove the pork from the pan and set aside. Reduce the heat. Place the onion in the pan and cook for 7–10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour in the stock and cook for another 4–5 minutes. Return the pork to the pan and simmer for 20–30 minutes. Add the apple slices, peas and mushroom to the pan and cook over a low heat for 4–5 minutes. Drain the ingredients from the pan, leaving the stock. SUDOKU SOLUTION Add the cream to the stock and stir, allowing to thicken. Pour the sauce over the pork, then serve with boiled potatoes. Serves 4

Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Place the apples, rhubarb, cinnamon and half the caster sugar in a saucepan and pour water over the top until just covered. Bring to the boil, then simmer the mixture for about 5 minutes, before pouring into an ovenproof dish. To make the topping, mix the flour and butter with the remaining caster sugar and rub together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Pour over the top of the fruit, then bake the crumble in the oven for 15–20 minutes. Serve with custard or ice-cream. Serves 4–5

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Wally is 25 years old writes RENÉE DAVIS WHERE’S Wally? Well, he’s probably off celebrating somewhere, because next Friday (21 September) he turns 25 years old. Since 1987, children (and some adults) have been searching in books to ﬁnd him.

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The pages of Martin Handford’s Where’s Wally? picture books are crammed with objects and people. The challenge for the reader is to spot the figure dressed in his redand-white striped top and bobble hat. To mark his birthday, Walker Books have published a special edition of the original Where’s Wally? If the past is anything to go by, fans will also find a way to celebrate – last year, 3,872 people took to the streets of Dublin dressed as Wally, setting a Guinness World Record. Over the past 25 years, many people have found enjoyment in trying to find Wally.

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It is no secret that people love to seek out things – whether in books, puzzles, on the internet or in new places. But sometimes in life a search can be started because of a desperate need or longing. People look for comfort and love in a boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse, only to find that he or she can’t fulfil all their needs. Some look for comfort in drink or drugs or gambling. Others look for hope in various philosophies. Some people aren’t even sure what it is they’re looking for. Life is full of questions and answers – but many people know who is worth seeking out. They know that the void we sometimes feel can be filled by God. Jesus knew that people were looking for the answers to life. He assured them that if they were to look for God, they would find that he cared for them, offered them forgiveness for the times they went wrong and promised them a life that would last eternally. He said: ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you’ (Matthew 7:7 New International Version). If we want peace and hope, we can know where to look for it.

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